Sir Anthony Keith Rawlinson, KCB (5 March 1926 – 22 February 1986) was a British civil servant, who held executive positions variously in the departments of the Treasury, Industry, and Trade, served with the

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, and with the British Embassy to the United States. He was the president of the

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when he died in a fall on Mt. Snowdon in Wales.

Biography

Born on 5 March 1926, Rawlinson studied at

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, before service in the Army from 1944 to 1947. He then entered HM Civil Service and spent many years in

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. From 1972 to 1975, he was the UK's executive director at the

and the economic minister at the

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in the US."Sir Anthony Rawlinson", ''

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'' (London), 24 February 1986, p. 14. . He was then appointed a Deputy Secretary in the

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; after serving briefly as Second

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there from 1976 to 1977, he moved to the Treasury, where he was Second Permanent Secretary (with responsibility for public expenditure) from 1977 to 1983."Rawlinson, Sir Anthony Keith"
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'' (online ed.,

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, 2021). Retrieved 1 February 2022. Rawlinson was then briefly Permanent Secretary of the

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in 1983, before it was merged to form the Department of Trade and Industry, where he was jointly Permanent Secretary until 1985. There, he was responsible for

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and negotiating with the

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over regulations which ultimately abolished the distinction between the

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and the

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, a key part of the government's reforms of the City. He was then chairman of the

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until he died after a fall while climbing

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in Wales on 22 February 1986. An avid climber, he had been elected president of the

shortly before his death.

References

1926 births 1986 deaths British civil servants Knights Companion of the Order of the Bath {{UK-politician-stub